Mass Senate includes $1.5 million for civics education in budget. Learn more and join those supporting Civics Advocacy Days May 16-18. Details.

May 22 – 10:30am – Mass Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will hear the latest draft of the new framework in Marblehead. (New draft will be public just prior to that.) June 26 – Malden – scheduled vote on framework.

Welcome to Michelle Ryan, new History and Social Studies Coordinator at the Mass Department of Elementary and Secondary Education!

Disability History will play a larger role in new Mass History & Social Science Framework. Learn that history and gain tools to teach students with disabilities in June Accessing Inquiry Workshops. Registration

Taunton State Hospital (initial construction – 1853)

Massachusetts played a central role in the history of disability in the 19th Century, including building mental hospitals through the leadership of reformer Dorothea Dix. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma1354/

“Accessing Inquiry” courses meet Mass license renewal requirements for 15-hours PD on students with disabilities or 15-hours PD on English Learners. Optional 1 Westfield State University grad credit in History available.

Mark your calendars:

June 26-27 – North Adams ($72.50) Free to teachers of North Adams Public Schools. Register

June 28-29 – Springfield ($72.50) Free to teachers of Springfield Public Schools. Register

HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION COURSES:

NEW! July 5 – August 5 – Fully online. The American War in Vietnam – Kelley Brown and Chris Appy. $35. Register.